AKD Partners is a global law firm operating through a number of separately constituted and regulated legal entities which provide legal and other client services in accordance with the relevant laws of the jurisdictions in which they respectively operate. Details of the different AKD Partners entities that provide legal services or other services to clients in respect of each country in which AKD Partners carries on business can be found here.
AKD Partners's business in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific is governed by AKD Partners International LLP. The members, partners or other principals of the various entities that provide client services in those regions are members of AKD Partners International LLP, unless they are prevented from doing so due to regulatory restrictions. AKD Partners International LLP is not engaged in the provision of legal or other client services. Further information about AKD Partners International LLP can be found here.
AKD Partners LLP (US) (a Maryland limited liability partnership) practices law in various jurisdictions in the United States of America and in The Republic of Korea. Further information about AKD Partners LLP (US) can be found here.
AKD Partners International LLP and AKD Partners LLP (US) are members of AKD Partners Global (a Swiss verein) which does not itself provide legal or other client services.
AKD Partners International LLP and AKD Partners ABBC are members of AKD Partners Iberia (a Swiss verein) which does not itself provide legal or other client services.
AKD Partners International LLP and the independent law firms in Africa listed here are members of AKD Partners Africa (a Swiss verein) which does not itself provide legal or other client services.
AKD Partners (Canada) LLP (a limited liability partnership organised and existing under the laws of the province of British Columbia) practices law in various jurisdictions in Canada. Further information about AKD Partners (Canada) LLP can be found here.
AKD Partners LLP (US) and AKD Partners (Canada) LLP are members of AKD Partners North America (a Swiss verein) which does not itself provide legal or other client services.
AKD Partners (Puerto Rico) LLC (a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) practices law in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Further information about AKD Partners (Puerto Rico) LLC can be found here.
AKD Partners LLP (US), AKD Partners Mexico, S.C. (a sociedad civil existing under the laws of Mexico), AKD Partners Chile SpA (a sociedad de responsibilidad limitada organized and existing under the laws of Chile), AKD Partners Peru (a sociedad de responsibilidad limitada organized and existing under the laws of Peru), and AKD Partners (Argentina) (a law firm organized and existing under the laws of Argentina) are members of AKD Partners LATAM (a Swiss verein) which does not itself provide legal or other client services.
AKD Partners International LLP, Advokatfirma AKD Partners Norway DA, Asianajotoimisto AKD Partners Finland Oy, Advokatfirma AKD Partners Sweden KB and AKD Partners Denmark Law Firm P/S are members of AKD Partners Nordic (a Swiss Verein) which does not itself provide legal or other client services. Further information about Advokatfirma AKD Partners Norway DA, AKD Partners Finland Limited, Advokatfirma AKD Partners Sweden KB and AKD Partners Denmark Law Firm P/S, which practise law in Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark respectively, can be found here.
AKD Partners New Zealand (a partnership governed by New Zealand law) practises law in New Zealand, and is affiliated with AKD Partners International LLP through an exclusive agreement. Further information about AKD Partners New Zealand can be found here.
The use of the name "AKD Partners" and words or phrases such as "firm", "law firm" or "international legal practice" is for convenience only and does not imply that all or any of such entities are in partnership together or accept responsibility for the acts or omissions of each other. Legal responsibility for the provision of services to clients is defined in engagement terms entered into between clients and the relevant AKD Partners entity and these should be relied upon in determining liability for the services provided. Absent the explicit agreement and consent of both entities involved, no AKD Partners entity is responsible for the acts or omissions of, nor has any authority to obligate or otherwise bind, any other AKD Partners entity.
In accordance with the common terminology used in professional service organisations, we use the term "partner" in this website to refer to a person who is a member, partner or person of equivalent standing or authority in an individual practising entity.
In countries where AKD Partners does not have its own presence legal services are provided through associations with leading independent local law firms which we refer to as AKD Partners Relationship Firms. AKD Partners Relationship firms are affiliated with either AKD Partners International LLP or AKD Partners LLP (US) and have adopted various practices and procedures that are aligned with AKD Partners entities but they are not themselves part of or financially integrated with any AKD Partners entities. AKD Partners Relationship Firms are owned and managed by their respective members, partners or other principals and not by partners of any AKD Partners entities. Further information about the AKD Partners Relationship firms can be found here.